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ITV devoted two hours to The Hunt For Bin Laden but glossed over the reason Allied troops didn’t finish him off in 2001

Strewth. It’s a wonder he didn’t shoot himself.

ITV devoted two hours to The Hunt For Bin Laden but glossed over the reason Allied troops didn’t finish him off in 2001.

Osama was cornered in the Tora Bora Mountains in Afghanistan. Our SAS had two whole squadrons – around 128 men – attacking the cave complex alongside Delta Force and 2,000 local militiamen.

But dithering Yank generals halted the action, allowing Bin to leg it to Pakistan. Why? It’s suspected they wanted US troops to claim the scalp but didn’t want to risk any of them dying in the process.

ITV didn’t ask our veterans their opinions; possibly because that truth would have hurt US sales...

● WHAT evil was Osama planning next? We can’t be sure but he died with £450 sewn into his clothes – exactly enough to buy a round of drinks at Sugar Hut...